The Spiritual World of Isaac the Syrian : Spiritual World of Isaac the Syrian /

Isaac the Syrian, also called Isaac of Nineveh, lived and wrote during "the golden age of Syriac Christian literature" in the seventh century. Cut off by language and politics from the Churches of the Roman Empire and branded "Nestorian," the Church of the East produced in isolat...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Ilarion, Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, 1966- (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Kallistos, Bishop of Diokleia, 1934- (writer of foreword.)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
Collection:Cistercian studies series ; no. 175.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Isaac, > Bishop of Nineveh, > active 7th century.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Forward / Bishop Kallistos (Ware)
  • Introduction. Isaac of Nineveh as a spiritual writer of the Church of the East
  • I. God, the universe and humankind
  • II. The way of a solitary
  • III. Trials on the way to God
  • IV. Humility
  • V. Tears
  • VI. The school of prayer
  • VII. The life in God
  • VIII. The life of the age to come
  • Conclusion : the enduring influence of Saint Isaac.

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